In the wake of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Allstate Insurance Company v. Northfield Medical Center, P.C., management services organizations (MSOs), physicians, private equity funds, and practicing healthcare attorneys should keep the following “do’s and don’ts” in mind when structuring their MSO arrangements to comply with New Jersey corporate practice of medicine
The Prohibition on the Corporate Practice of Medicine is Alive and Well in New Jersey
By James A. Robertson on
Posted in Healthcare, Regulatory and Compliance
Generally speaking, licensed physicians in New Jersey cannot practice medicine in just any corporate form. But for a limited number of exceptions listed in N.J.A.C. 13:35-6.16, a general business corporation cannot employ a physician to provide healthcare services. This is known as the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine, or as we healthcare lawyers…